Technical Engineering Manager

American Credit Acceptance, LLC; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

American Credit Acceptance, LLC seeks an experienced Technical Engineering Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of software, data, and platform initiatives across the lending ecosystem. You will lead cross-functional delivery teams and manage a small team of technical professionals.

The role emphasizes planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication, with a focus on translating business needs into technical solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology project/program management delivering software or data products.
• 5+ years in people leadership.
• Experience running projects that involve engineering teams, APIs, integrations, data pipelines, or cloud platforms.
• Strong planning, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and unblock teams in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum or hybrid methodologies.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and support engineers without needing to be hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Own the program plan, delivery roadmap, and execution for initiatives within your assigned business area.
• Work directly with business leaders to clarify scope, define requirements, and establish success metrics.
• Run delivery across engineering teams - ensuring clear priorities, timelines, risk mitigation, and communication.
• Drive sprint/iteration planning, dependency tracking, and cross-team coordination.
• Build delivery discipline: consistent processes, documentation, governance, and post-launch reviews.
• Anticipate risks and interdependencies across systems (origination, servicing, data, integrations, etc.).
• Communicate program status, decisions, and blockers to IT and business leadership.
• Coach and lead a team of engineers and product owners to ensure alignment, quality, and accountability.
• Identify opportunities to improve how we estimate, plan, and deliver projects.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, vendors, and technology stakeholders.

Skills

Technology project management

People leadership

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Delivery planning

Education

PMP

CSM

SAFe

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

Databricks

AWS

Job description

Description

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Engineering Manager, who can drive the end-to-end delivery of software, data, and platform initiatives across our lending ecosystem. This role is hands-on in planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication.

You’ll lead cross-functional delivery across software engineering, data engineering, and product teams - and you’ll also manage a small team of technical professionals.

This is a great fit for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys solving delivery challenges, and is comfortable translating between business needs and technical execution.

What You’ll Do

• Own theprogram plan, delivery roadmap, and executionfor initiatives within your assigned business area.
• Work directly with business leaders to clarify scope, define requirements, and establish success metrics.
• Run delivery across engineering teams - ensuring clear priorities, timelines, risk mitigation, and communication.
• Drive sprint/iteration planning, dependency tracking, and cross-team coordination.
• Build delivery discipline: consistent processes, documentation, governance, and post-launch reviews.
• Anticipate risks and interdependencies across systems (origination, servicing, data, integrations, etc.).
• Communicate program status, decisions, and blockers to IT and business leadership.
• Coach and lead a team of engineers and product owners to ensure alignment, quality, and accountability.
• Identify opportunities to improve how we estimate, plan, and deliver projects.
• Maintain strong relationships with business partners, vendors, and technology stakeholders.

What You Bring

Required

• 8+ years intechnology project/program managementdelivering software or data products.
• 5+ years in people leadership.
• Experience running projects that involve engineering teams, APIs, integrations, data pipelines, or cloud platforms.
• Strong planning, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and unblock teams in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum or hybrid methodologies.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and support engineers without needing to be hands-on.

Preferred

• Experience in lending, banking, auto finance, or other regulated/transaction-heavy industries.
• Familiarity with modern data stacks (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, AWS).
• Background working with product owners or in a product-led delivery model.
• PMP, CSM, SAFe, or similar credentials.

Team Leadership

This role directly manages a small delivery team (software engineers, data engineers, and product owners) and helps shape their development, performance, and delivery effectiveness.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with a standard work schedule of Monday-Friday, with some schedule variations as needed.

Travel

This position may require up to 20% travel.

EEO Statement

ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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